I've never really been a crime thriller reader.

So what happens when I finally pick one up?

This week I review Patricia Wolf's Outback—a thriller set in the unforgiving Australian outback where two backpackers disappear, a detective from Berlin arrives searching for her sister, and the hunt for a killer begins.

Along the way we talk about suspense, mystery, realism, why revealing the villain too early can drain a story of its tension... and whether this genre is simply one that isn't for me.

A fun experiment, even if that is all it will ever amount to.

Type: Review | Book: Outback | Writer: Patricia Wolf